[Submission] Devourer (HoS action card)

Ankha wrote:

I knew I had forgot something. It's not supposed to burn events. Or could it?

Well, as it is written, it would be effective against

• master cards (that have been put into play)
• events
• equipment
• action cards/action modifier cards/reaction cards (that have been put into play)
• convictions
• powers

Obviously, no objections against the last two... B-)
But I am not fully sure if that is just too powerful?

There are some cards out there that allow removiung cards on a minion, like Cleansing Ritual. Maybe compare the scope of this proposed card with those?

hardyrange wrote:

There are some cards out there that allow removiung cards on a minion, like Cleansing Ritual. Maybe compare the scope of this proposed card with those?

Cleansing ritual, who is almost never played and have 0 deck in secret library with it. Same thing for Treading the path of Orpheus. A somewhat closer example is Black Hand Ritual, who is played and useful, but not terribly popular.

With the clause non-event, I am not sure I would bother with it, thinking about it. Too cornercase.

To wits, what can reasonably be destroyed by that outside of event ? Equipment, preferably not concealable ; locations ; a slew of uncommon masters, like Guardian Angel or Bleeding the Vine ; and some nice but uncommon cards like Sensory deprivation.

That's certainly not horrible, but it also mean the card have a real odds of not doing anything at all in a game, and when it do have target it's a stealthless and costly in blood action.

I would totally put a copy in my hos decks. It can burn enkil cog, soul gem, heart, bow , bowl, no secrets, dreams, etc.

brandonsantacruz wrote:

It can burn enkil cog, soul gem, heart, bow , bowl, no secrets, dreams, etc.

But it's bad at burning equipment, no secret, and dreams, due to cost (both in blood in action), and due to being blockable. So, yes, you gain something versatile, who regulary will jam you due to no good target, and who require stealth support that HoS are bad at giving.

Even for burning Enkil Cog, I find that pretty costly for "just" removing the card, since getting it don't cost an action, but burning it cost one.

I don't mean it's horribly unplayable without being able to burn events. I mean that I am not sure to get enough mileage out of that to actually play it.

I'd throw one in a HoS deck for the same reason I pretty much always consider having a Canine Horde in a deck running Animalism. Just so you can trash a certain set of cards with a little luck without ruining your day and if you don't see it early it isn't that vital anyway. It's why sometimes Fast Hands is tempting in Celerity Combat and Fractured Armament seems tempting in a Potence deck... one copy isn't going to ruin your day but it might get you that little advantage you need.